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7616382 Image observation apparatus and image observation system  
The image observation apparatus includes a first image-forming element and a second image-forming element each of which forms an original image, and an optical system configured to introduce light...
7613373 Substrate guided relay with homogenizing input relay  
An optical relay system ( 200 ) includes a scanned light source ( 206 ) and a substrate guided relay ( 204 ). The substrate guided relay ( 204 ) includes an input coupler ( 201 ), an output coupler...
7580191 Wavelength branching filter and optical communication module  
There is provided a low-cost wavelength branching filter that transmits lights of 1310 nm wavelength band, and reflects light of 1490 nm and 1650 nm wavelength bands. In one embodiment, a...
7577326 Optical device for light coupling  
There is provided an optical device, including a light-transmitting substrate having two major surfaces parallel to each other and two edges, optics for coupling light into the substrate by...
7549775 Light source apparatus and image display apparatus having same  
Directivity of light beams can be adjusted appropriately relative to the normal to the light emission surface of a light source. Thus, the light source apparatus has high brightness without...
7499218 Illumination system  
An illumination system including at least one first light source, a prism and a light uniforming device is provided. The first light source is capable of providing a first beam. The prism is...
7480094 Arrangement for switching the operating modes of a microscope tube  
An arrangement for switching the operating modes of a microscope tube between the observation position, photo position and simultaneous observation/photo position. A prism is used having surfaces...
7463828 Optical channel monitor  
An optical channel monitor is provided that sequentially or selectively filters an optical channel(s) 11 of light from a (WDM) optical input signal 12 and senses predetermined parameters of the...
7457040 Light guide optical device  
There is provided an optical device including a light-transmitting substrate having at least two major surfaces and edges, optical means for coupling light into the substrate by total internal...
7437034 Device for coupling the light of multiple light sources  
A device for coupling the light of multiple light sources ( 2, 3 ) that substantially consists of a reflectance surface ( 10, 11 ) for one or more of said light sources ( 2, 3 ) and at least one...
7423806 Microscope system with a beam hub unit having a beam multiplexer for alternatively selecting beam ports  
A microscope system having an objective lens ( 10 ) defining a central optical axis ( 14 ) of the microscope system; an optical beam hub unit ( 18, 20 ) having a center coinciding with the central...
7391573 Substrate-guided optical devices  
There is provided an optical device, having a light-transmitting substrate having at least two major surfaces ( 26 ) parallel to each other and edges; optical means ( 16 ) for coupling light waves...
7390095 Projector  
Aspects of the invention can provide a projector that includes three optical modulators which modulate respectively red light, green light, and blue light, a color-synthetic optical system which...
7364302 Projection display system using multiple light sources and polarizing element for using with same  
An image projection system has two illumination beams of different colors. A first polarizing beamsplitter (PBS) has first and second input faces. Light of the first color is incident on the first...
7307787 Beam splitting prism, method of manufacturing beam splitting prism, and all-optical switching device  
In order to obtain a beam splitting prism which a beam can be split with simpler configuration in a state in which an optical path length is precisely controlled, there is provided a beam splitting...
7301686 Optically controlled optical-path-switching apparatus, and method of switching optical paths  
An optical signal optical path switching method comprising steps of using a thermal lens based on a distribution of refractive index produced reversibly caused by temperature increase generated in...
7298558 Electronic adjustable color filter device  
An electronically adjustable, combinational color filter device is provided for generating color light. Incoming light is split in a polarizing beam splitter/combiner into a first and a second...
7289218 Optical component for directing electromagnetic radiation  
A passive optical component directs first electromagnetic radiation incident on the component in a first direction and second electromagnetic radiation incident on the component in a second...
7277213 Aperture plate and related system and method  
An aperture plate includes an opening and a surface adjacent to the opening. The opening passes electromagnetic energy such as light to a reflector that is aligned with the opening and that directs...
7242748 X-ray transmissive optical mirror apparatus  
A mirror is reflective to light and transmissive to x-rays. The mirror has a continuous mirror surface and an x-ray aperture within a body portion of the mirror proximate the continuous mirror...
7215491 Optical path switching device and method  
An optical path switching method includes converging and irradiating, on a light absorption layer film provided in a thermal lens forming element including at least the film, each of a control...
7210788 Color prism and projection-type image display apparatus employing the same  
A color prism capable of separating incident light into four color beams and synthesizing incident four-color beams, and a projection-type image display apparatus employing the color prism. The...
7207678 Prism for high contrast projection  
Prism elements having TIR surfaces placed in close proximity to the active area of a SLM device to separate unwanted off-state and/or flat-state light from the projection ON-light bundle. The TIR...
7203005 Real image configuration for a high efficiency heads-up display (HUD) using a polarizing mirror and a polarization preserving screen  
An image display system includes a polarized image projection device, a polarization preserving transmissive diffusiver, and a polarizing reflector element as a non-blocking mirror (referred to as...
7187270 Vehicle display device and light guide plate thereof  
Disclosed are a vehicle display device providing excellent visibility and does not obstruct a sight ahead of a driver, regardless of a frame, a seating position and the like of the driver. The...
7088517 Beam splitter device or laser-scanning microscope  
The subject matter of the invention is a beam splitter device having two spaced apart parallel highly reflecting mirrors, between which there is disposed a semireflecting mirror which is spaced a...
7075692 Optical scanning apparatus and projecting apparatus  
The present invention provides an optical scanning apparatus which has a light modulating element capable of changing the propagating state of light, an illuminating optical system for illuminating...
7061683 Method and a device for the combination of a first and second beam of rays  
A method for combining a first and a second ray bundle includes forming a first partial beam and a second partial beam by the first ray bundle interacting with a first beam-splitter layer, and...
7011419 Method and system for changing the cross-sectional profile of a beam of light  
A technique for changing the cross-sectional profile of a beam of light from, for example, circular or elliptical to thin involves dividing the beam of light into cross-sectional portions, rotating...
6937221 Scanned beam display  
A display apparatus includes first and second IR or other light sources that produce light at respective first and second non-visible wavelengths. The light is modulated according to a desired...
6919990 Methods and systems for low loss separation and combination of light  
A display system is disclosed that includes a light source, an integrator rod receiving a light beam from the light source and producing an integrated light beam, a beam splitting device splitting...
6888679 Laser diode bar integrator/reimager  
A beam integrator system, which integrates multiple beams into fewer beams of increased intensity by using a combination of optical elements and lenses.
6863400 Tiled projection display using spatial light modulators  
A projection apparatus ( 10 ) forms a tiled image ( 12 ) on a display surface ( 14 ), the tiled image ( 14 ) having at least two adjacent image tile segments. The projection apparatus ( 10 )...
6836379 Catadioptric objective  
A catadioptric objective is provided with a beam splitter surrounded at least partially by a mount, with a mirror, with a plurality of lenses and with a λ/4 plate arranged between the mirror and...
6831789 Rotating periodic color-regulating module of an image display device  
A rotating periodic color-regulating module of the image display device is disclosed to improve the usage of light. The rotating periodic color-regulating module comprises a color separating light...
6829095 Substrate-guided optical beam expander  
The invention provides an optical device, including a light-transmitting substrate, optical means for coupling light into the substrate by total internal reflection, and a plurality of partially...
6816318 BEAM SHAPING DEVICE FOR SHAPING THE CROSS-SECTION OF A LIGHT BEAM AND SYSTEM FOR LAUNCHING INTO AN OPTICAL FIBER A LIGHT BEAM HAVING AN ELONGATED CROSS-SECTION AND BEING EMITTED BY AN ELONGATED LASER BEAM SOURCE  
The invention relates to a beam shaping device for shaping the cross-section of a light beam, comprising at least one beam shaping unit with beam splitting means, beam deflecting means, and beam...
6807010 Projection display apparatus having both incoherent and laser light sources  
A color display apparatus for forming, on a display surface, a color image of superimposed color images, the display apparatus having a first color modulation channel for forming a first color...
6789901 System and method for providing images for an operator of a vehicle  
A system and method for providing images for an operator of a vehicle include the capability to receive electrical signals representing electromagnetic radiation at an image source and to generate...
6774366 Image integration and multiple laser source projection  
An apparatus and method for enhancing an image relayed by a central beam of collimated light centered on the optical axis of a lens with an aperture area of A and focused on the focal plane of the...
6765725 Fiber pigtailed high power laser diode module with high brightness  
A partially mirror coated parallelepipedal form is oriented to divide collimated beams along the longitudinal axes from a plurality of diode lasers arranged side-by-side along their transverse...
6710924 Spectroscope with multiple laser beams  
A spectroscope has a body having a front surface, a rear surface, and a concavity provided in the rear surface. The concavity is defined by a plurality of angled reflective surfaces. A laser beam...
6704144 Color separation prism assembly compensated for contrast enhancement and implemented as reflective imager  
This invention discloses a color separation prism assembly. The prism assembly includes three triangular-shaped prisms having identical shape and size. Each of the three triangular-shaped prisms...
6665124 Geometrical beam splitter and a sensor for multi-element detectors  
The invention relates to a geometrical beam splitter, e.g. in a sensor, for transversally dividing a radiation beam ( 4 ) into at least one reflected beam portion ( 5 R ) and at least one passing...
6642995 Mask-to-wafer alignment system  
A modified beam splitter that has a hole pattern that is symmetric in one axis and anti-symmetric in the other can be employed in a mask-to-wafer alignment device. The device is particularly suited...
6639743 Cooling mechanism of optical modulator, optical modulator attachment unit and projector  
A support member ( 311 ) for supporting liquid crystal panels ( 441 R, 441 G, 441 B) is disposed parallel to a cooling air flow channel formed between a light-incident end of a cross dichroic...
6603443 Compact display system controlled by eye position sensory system  
A compact virtual image electronic display system including a beamsplitting magnification optic on which a source object is projected, the beamsplitting magnification optic having a refractive...
6583940 Projection system  
A projection system that is capable of providing a high-performance projection system and producing a high contrast projection image by using an optical modulation element, which can be positioned...
6580561 Quasi-optical variable beamsplitter  
A variable beamsplitter ( 10 ) for use with quasi-optical millimeter-wave beams. The beamsplitter ( 10 ) consists of a circular metal plate ( 20 ) into which a periodic array ( 30 ) of rectangular...
6563646 Portable laser layout instrument  
A laser beam projecting instrument primarily for construction purposes, and preferably self-leveling, produces four or five orthogonal output beams. The high-intensity central portion of a...
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